emva kwenyikima Khroweyishiya Inyikima enomlinganiselo we-XNUMX kwisikali se-Richter yabetha namhlanje ekuseni, ngoLwesithathu, kwii-Kuril Islands zaseRashiya, ngokutsho kwe-US Seismological Institute.
Eli ziko lathi indawo eqale kuyo le nyikima yayikumgama oziikhilomitha ezingama-59 ngaphezu komphakamo wolwandle, malunga neekhilomitha ezili-1400 XNUMX kumntla-mpuma wesixeko saseJapan iSapporo.
Ngokwenxalenye yalo, iZiko leSilumkiso leTsunami lase-US lathi "lisavavanya ubunyani bokubona inqanaba lengozi." "Le nyikima inamandla okwenza itsunami etshabalalisayo kwindawo yomthombo," wongeze watsho.
IKuril liziqithi ezininzi zentaba-mlilo ezibekwe phakathi koLwandle lwase-Okhotsk kunye noLwandlekazi lwePasifiki, kwaye ezine zeziqithi zayo ziphikiswa yiJapan neRussia.
Iziqithi ezine eziphikisanayo yiHabomai, iShikotan, i-Etorofu kunye neKunashiri, ehlala kwindawo esemazantsi e-archipelago, kwaye iMoscow ibabiza ngokuthi "i-Southern Kurils", ngelixa iTokyo ibabiza ngokuthi "ilizwe langasentla".
Ukungavisisani ngezi ziqithi kuthintele iRussia neJapan ekubeni zityikitye ukuza kuthi ga ngoku isivumelwano soxolo esiphelisa ngokusesikweni imeko yemfazwe ebikho phakathi kwazo ukusukela ngeMfazwe yesibini yeHlabathi, ngaphandle kokubuyiselwa kobudlelwane bozakuzo phakathi kweTokyo neMoscow ngo-1956.
I-Tokyo ithatha iziqithi ezine - ezihlala abantu abamalunga ne-20 kwaye zifakwe yiSoviet Union ngo-1945 - "inxalenye ebalulekileyo yentsimi yaseJapan."